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A history: Monuments to Courage, a History of Beaver County

mcbooki231p165: Chapter Fourteen, Political History of Beaver County, The Second Judicial Court

CHAPTER FOURTEEN POLITICAL HISTORY OF BEAVER COUNTY THE SECOND JUDICIAL COURT The Second Judicial Court for the Territory was established in Beaver under the following procedure: On November 8, 1869, by proclamation of Charles Durkee, Governor of the Territory, Court was called to convene at St. George. The Honorable Judge C. M. Hawley being assigned to the bench, N. P. Wood, deputy U. S. Marshal in charge, when a grand jury was impaneled and numerous persons admitted to citizenship. By proclamation of the said Governor, December 21, 1869, the place of the next session of the said Second District Court was changed from the City of St. George to the Town of Parowan, the time being the second of September, 1870. Before the date for holding the above term, the fol-lowihg proclamation was issued at Salt Lake City, July 15, 1870, by J. W. Shaffer, Governor, to-wit: "Territory of Utah, Executive Office, Know All Men By These Presents, that I, J. Wilson Shaffer, Governor of the Territory, by virtue of the authority vested, do hereby change the time and place of the holding of the next term of the Second Judicial District Court in said Territory, and appoint in place of holding the same the second Monday in October next in the City of Beaver, in the County of Beaver, in said Territory, to commence at ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day." Parowan was thus cheated of its opportunity of securing the Court, and its chance thus came to Beaver and there became permanently located until the admission of Utah to Statehood, January 6, 1896. Its venue embraced Beaver, Iron, Washington, Kane, Garfield and Piute Counties, thus bringing to Beaver people arrested for crimes, together with witnesses, jurors, etc., connected

CHAPTER FOURTEEN POLITICAL HISTORY OF BEAVER COUNTY THE SECOND JUDICIAL COURT The Second Judicial Court for the Territory was established in Beaver under the following procedure: On November 8, 1869, by proclamation of Charles Durkee, Governor of the Territory, Court was called to convene at St. George. The Honorable Judge C. M. Hawley being assigned to the bench, N. P. Wood, deputy U. S. Marshal in charge, when a grand jury was impaneled and numerous persons admitted to citizenship. By proclamation of the said Governor, December 21, 1869, the place of the next session of the said Second District Court was changed from the City of St. George to the Town of Parowan, the time being the second of September, 1870. Before the date for holding the above term, the fol-lowihg proclamation was issued at Salt Lake City, July 15, 1870, by J. W. Shaffer, Governor, to-wit: "Territory of Utah, Executive Office, Know All Men By These Presents, that I, J. Wilson Shaffer, Governor of the Territory, by virtue of the authority vested, do hereby change the time and place of the holding of the next term of the Second Judicial District Court in said Territory, and appoint in place of holding the same the second Monday in October next in the City of Beaver, in the County of Beaver, in said Territory, to commence at ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day." Parowan was thus cheated of its opportunity of securing the Court, and its chance thus came to Beaver and there became permanently located until the admission of Utah to Statehood, January 6, 1896. Its venue embraced Beaver, Iron, Washington, Kane, Garfield and Piute Counties, thus bringing to Beaver people arrested for crimes, together with witnesses, jurors, etc., connected